Personal Injuries Assessment Board did not need to provide further reasoning for how it conducted its assessment, judge finds
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Insurers urged to deliver cuts after challenge to guidelines slashing minor injury awards fails
Personal Injuries Assessment Board hopes ruling will lead to more cases resolved without litigation
High Court rejects challenge to PI guidelines
The Government and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) have welcomed a High Court judgment that rejected a legal challenge to the Personal Injuries Guidelines.
Woman awarded €16,400 in fall from defective chair in Supermacs
A woman who claimed she injured her buttock, back and abdomen when she hit the ground, having fallen from a defective chair in Supermacs, has won her case for damages despite CCTV showing she did not impact the ground during the incident.
Personal injury claims related to allegedly staged road crash struck out
Judge Karen Fergus said no wonder insurance premiums so high given time and expense spent on failed cases
Test challenge by Waterford woman against personal injury award guidelines dismissed
Bridget Delaney from Dungarvan in Co. Waterford claimed the appropriate award for her injury was between €18,000 and €34,000. She was awarded €3,000 last year
Ryanair employee awarded €85,000 after slipping on de-icing fluid
The High Court heard the cabin supervisorsuffered a spiral fracture to her right humerus as a result of the fall.
Burglars will no longer be able to claim for suffering injury
Insurance shift will reduce ‘duty of care’ on property owners
Rotunda apologises and makes €3.7m interim settlement for boy’s birth injuries
The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has apologised and made an interim settlement of €3.7m for the “shortcomings and failings” in care surrounding the birth of a boy more than a decade ago, the High Court heard.